Cultists kill Imo undergraduate over phone
The campus of Imo State University, Owerri, was last Wednesday thrown into a mourning mood, when gunmen suspected to be students – cultists
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Clean-up in FAAN and NCAA as all directors had been fired
The federal government has carried out a major reorganization in two major parastatals of the Aviation sector of the Ministry of Transport with
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Morocco seeks membership of ECOWAS
Morocco, a north African country, has officially requested to join the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) as a full member. According
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Trump fights American media, bans New York Times, CNN, LAT from his event
Several major U.S. media outlets including New York Times, CNN and Los Angeles Times were barred from attending Friday White House briefing, indicating
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Alleged serial fraudster, Seun Egbegbe, gets N5m bail
Justice Oluremi Oguntoyinbo of the Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday granted a N5m bail to Nigerian filmmaker, Olajide Kazeem, better known
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Southern Kaduna crisis is exaggerated: Police chief
The Kaduna State Commissioner of Police, Mr Agyole Abeh on Friday said the crisis in Southern Kaduna has been largely exaggerated and used as
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MTN Team visits Osinbajo
An MTN Team led by the Nigerian chairman, Pascal Dozie visited Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday in Abuja. MTN Group chairman, South
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Sweden fires back at Trump with ‘facts’
Sweden has sought to set the record straight after Donald Trump linked immigration to a supposed rise in violence in the Scandinavian country,
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Ronaldo posts record 200m fans on social media
Cristiano Ronaldo is most definitely light years ahead of his rival, Lionel Messi, at least in the social media. A report released by HookIt
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Ex-customs boss forfeits 17 vehicles to FG
A Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna has ordered that 17 vehicles seized from a former Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Abdullahi
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FUT Minna expels 44 students
Forty-four students from various faculties were on Friday asked to withdraw from the Federal University of Technology, Minna over poor academic performance and
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Assemblies of God Church: End of the road for Superintendent Emeka as the S’Court affirms his sack
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed an appeal by the suspended General Superintendent of the Assemblies of God Church, Rev. Paul Emeka, challenging
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FG packages bailout for Nigeria’s poultry farmers
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, is leading an urgent effort by the Federal Government to bailout poultry farmers now confronting various challenges. The
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Video: Akeredolu sworn in as Ondo’s 7th governor, pledges to stand by his campaign promises
Governor Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu took his oath of office today in Akure. It was at his inaugural ceremony, which was attended by many
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136 arrested over xenophobia mayhem in S/Africa
South African police on Friday arrested 136 suspects in connection with their involvement in the xenophobia mayhem unleashed on immigrants in Pretoria. The
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“Yesterday my dream died” – Ranieri laments sack Leicester City manager
Claudio Ranieri said on Friday he had dreamt of staying at Leicester City “for always” before being ruthlessly sacked as manager of the
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6.155kg heroin abandoned at Lagos airport
Drug smugglers have abandoned 6.155 kg of heroin at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos. The banned drug which originated from Pakistan
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Jaiz Bank Seeks Partnership With EFCC
The Management of Jaiz Bank Plc. has sought for more support from Economic Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in the area of fighting economic
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Trump slams China’s currency policy
President Donald Trump has declared China the “grand champions” of currency manipulation. He alleged hours after his new Treasury secretary pledged a more
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Kim Jong Nam killed with VX nerve agent, a chemical weapon of mass destruction
Malaysian police said assassins of Kim Jong Nam, the half brother of North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un used a VX nerve agent,
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Pope slams hypocrite Christians, ‘ it is better to be an atheist than live a double life”
Pope Francis is lashing out at Catholics who live what he called a “double life” by not practicing Christian values. He even suggested that atheists might
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Boko Haram: Girls lured out of IDP camps to Europe as sex workers
It’s minutes past 4:00 p.m. local time, and Sarah, as we’ll call her, has just returned to her tent in an Internally Displaced
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Court convicts Osun monarch for contempt
An Osogbo Chief Magistrates’ Court on Friday convicted an Osun monarch, the Olokini of Okini, Oba Akadiri Okanola, 65, and one Suleiman Rasaki,
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EFCC disowns Pinnacle coy, says the Commission has no business with it.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has dissociated itself from the activities of Pinnacle Trading & Investment company which has been parading itself
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Xenophobia: Zuma condemns attack on foreigners, says “it’s wrong to brandish non-nationals as drug dealers or human traffickers”
South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has condemned acts of violence perpetrated by citizens against non-nationals, his office said on Friday. Anti-immigrant violence has
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Leicester sacks Ranieri, Mancini, Hiddink top list of preferred managers
Claudio Ranieri has been sacked by Leicester City, nine months after leading them to the Premier League title, BBC Sport reports. The Foxes
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Conference to raise $1.5bn for North East Nigeria
The Friday’s major donor conference in Oslo seeking to generate global action to tackle the complex crisis caused by Boko Haram terrorists in
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Nigeria can’t go far without restructuring — Anyaoku
A former Commonwealth’s Secretary General, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, has said Nigeria will not reach its full potential except the governance system is restructured
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Osinbajo summons IGP over kidnapped Germans
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday summoned the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, over the kidnap of two Germans, archaeologists Prof. Peter Breunig
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Mimiko hands over to Akeredolu hours ahead of formal swearing ceremony
Governor Olusegun Mimiko, whose eight year tenure ends midnight, has handed over the instruments of power to Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, (SAN), as the seventh
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